He and Rachel are also drawn to each other romantically, although they refrain from acting on their feelings. Rachel's father-in-law Eli reluctantly agrees to shelter him.īook slowly recovers in their care and begins to blend into the community. Book insists that going to a hospital would allow him to be found and put Samuel in danger. Knowing Samuel and Rachel are now in danger, Book orders his partner to remove all traces of the Lapps from his files, and drives the boy and his mother back to their community where he passes out in front of their farm. Since only Schaeffer knew of Book's suspicions, he realizes Schaeffer is also corrupt and tipped off McFee. Book is later ambushed and shot in a parking garage by McFee and left badly wounded. Book expresses his suspicions to Chief of Police Paul Schaeffer, who advises Book to keep the case secret so they can work out how to proceed. Book surmises that McFee sold the chemicals to drug dealers, and that the murdered detective had been investigating the theft. Book investigates and finds out that McFee was previously responsible for a seizure of expensive chemicals used to make black-market amphetamines, but the evidence has now disappeared. Samuel then sees a newspaper clipping in a trophy case of officer James McFee receiving an award, and points him out to Book. They question Samuel, who is unable to identify the perpetrator from mugshots or a line-up. While at 30th Street Station waiting for a connecting train, Samuel goes into the men's room and witnesses the brutal murder of an undercover police officer.ĭetective Sergeant John Book and his partner, Sergeant Elton Carter, are assigned to the case. Rachel and Samuel travel by train to visit Rachel's sister, which takes them into Philadelphia. In April 1984, an Amish community outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania, attends the funeral of Jacob Lapp, who leaves behind his wife Rachel and eight-year-old son Samuel.
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